James Whelton has managed to jailbreak iPod Nano Touch. Call it the iPod Nano 6th Generation jailbreak or just a hack, James was able to remove apps from the Springboard and add a blank space over there. Here is the video:

It’s important to note that James hasn’t been able to get root access of the device but this hack could lead to possible iPod Nano Touch jailbreak in future. According to James:

iPod Nano hasn’t been “jailbroken” as some sites claim, I do not have root access over the device. I did not “install” an app. I figured out how to remove them and insert a blank space into the springboard.

What I have also done is figured out a way for the iPod to boot with modified files (eg the SpingBoard Plist), bypassing the procedure it takes to stop this, I hope this will allow us to figure out a way to jailbreak it. I am primarily focusing on exposing some of the (for now) hidden features of the device.

In an earlier update, James writes:

The springboard hack is just the removal of a app and creation of a blank space. Not that amazing, but whats important is the bypass of Nano’s cache comparison, which compares any modded SB file and reverts it if it doesn’t like it, this opens up the possibility of hacking and modding, while not adding bootloaders or any of that fun stuff.

Let’s see if we would be able to jailbreak iPod Nano Touch 6th generation and what the device could be made to do once someone gets the root access.

via NanoHack